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Letters PatentNo. 81,338, dated August 25, 1868.

i IMPROVEMENT 1N TOOLS TOE TURNING MOULDINes.

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TO ALL WHOM I'l MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, WILSON W. CAREY, of Lowell, in the county ofMiddlesex, and State of Massachusetts, have invented new and usefulImprovements vin Hand-Moulding Tools for Turning Wood; and I do herebydeclare that the following is a full and exact description thereof,reference being had lto the accompanying drawings, and to the letters ofreference marked thereon. i

The nature off'my invention consists in providing for hand-mouldingtools an adjustable cutter-block, its objeictfbeing to assist arid aidin accurately adjustingthe cutter, whereby the different cutters may beso adjusted, in each tool, as to match the moulding made by the one-that preceded it, thus, instead of leaving vsome portions ofthe pieceof wood to b e turned unfinished and rough, completely finishing andleaving the saine in the desired true and smooth shape. t'

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I willproceed to describe its construction and operation. l I

Figure represents a plan of a Hand-tool with my improved deviceattached.

Figure 2 represents a side elevation of the same.

Figure 3 represents alongitudinal section o't'ytlie same.

Similar 4letters in the different figures indicate corresponding parts.s y

I construct my improved hand-moulding tool witha handle, a, which issecured tothe stock b by a proper shank. The stock b is provided with aseat, c, and guide d, the object of this guide being to assist inoperating `the tool. e is the adjustable cutter-block, its form beingthe saine as the cutterf, and is provided with a. slot, y, which comicsdirectly over aud on the screw-seat e,'a.ndis adjusted ands'ccurcd tothe same by the screw z'. `Near the top otthis cutter-block, an openingis made to allow the turnings of wood topas's through, thus keeping thecutterf clear. This cutter-block e and cutterf are secured and held inposition by aid ot' theclamp 7' and set-screw 7c. i i

These several devices comprising the hand-moulding tool being thusarranged, and its several parts adjusted in position, is then ready foruse. I I

In turning wood for different purposes, a great variety of mouldings isldesired on each and almost every separate piece. For each diierent'formot"'moulding,`itA requires a separate tool, the cutter of whichA isformed of the desired shape, to correspond with the moulding required. li i Often-times the same tool is used many times, at diiferen'tdistances from each other, Aand the spaces left between areturned 4indiierent forms, requiring tools with alarge variety of mouldings. Wherethese diiferent forms come together, or where the same tool is usedthroughout the entire piece of wood to -be turned, much trouble isexperienced, in their not matchipg asl nicely and accurately as'theyought to, leaving, at diilerent ends of thecutters, portions ot'woodthat the cutters do not finish, which have to be removed and 'truedwith a commen turning-chiseL-thus causing a loss of time, labor,` andextra expense. l y

To produce the almost endless variety of forms or shapes of mouldingsrequired, the same moulding-tool which' practically cannot exceed sixinches lin length, may be used `alternately throughout the length of thepiece, or it may be used at unequal distances from each other, theintervening spaces supplied with a mouldingtool which would produce anentirely different shape and form of moulding. E I

In either and all'of the above eases, heretofore, invariably thecutter-to0l in use cannot, by the present deviee,.vnow in common use, beadjusted, either tothe right or left, asthecasc may be, so as to form amoulding thatits ends would match or agree with the moulding ormouldings previously made by the last cutter or cutters` applied,thusleaving, between'ithe mouldings made hy the different tools,portions of wood resembling rough rings around the woodturned, ofvarious` sizes and shapes, which, if left on,l would destroy the beautyand symmetry of the mouldings, making the work imperfect and valueless.Consequently the operator,`to 'finish 'the same, is compelled to use acommon chisel to remove these roughpor'tions of wood, requiring extratime and labor in theoperation, andnever able to make a complete finishto thev same.

llhatlV claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is

The adjustable eutter-block e, when arranged as described, and for thepurposesffull'y set forth.

i "WILSON W.' CAREY. i Witnesses:

J. H..Pnscofrr, GEO. E. Parar.

